#9E232E#9E232E

#9E232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.158 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E232E
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, 50.07, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 56.05, 26.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.1471 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.158 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1964, 8.6708, 3.4577)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E232E #239E93

analogous

#9E236B #9E232E #9E5523

triadic

#9E232E #2E9E23 #232E9E

tetradic

#9E232E #6B9E23 #239E93 #55239E

square

#9E232E #6B9E23 #239E93 #55239E

split-complementary

#9E232E #239E55 #236B9E

monochromatic

#3A0D11 #6C181F #9E232E #D02E3D #DC606B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#9E232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#9E232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E232E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E232E	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.158 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26966',
    500: '#9e232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e232e;
$custom-light: #c26966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.634,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46206,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E232E

secondary

#5CC1B8

accent

#E7D841

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E232E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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